Honestly at this point and time, I'm cool with Coleman as is. This season was one of the best basketball experiences I've had in the building. For it to be that big and sold out for almost every game this season was impressive.
Coleman would be a lot more intimidating if the student section was closer to the court and not stuck in one section 30' away in one corner.
They have already renovated Coleman several times, and I also think it is fine. I do wish they would change the seating and put the students around the court; otherwise, I think it is just fine. Like everything else, prices for construction have skyrocketed. It's hard to justify building anything that now costs three times as much as it did five years ago.
It is s golf training facility. There is a 9hole course. That project is just under 40 mil. The renderings they released would cost $183mil to build. The university has a master plan, and I don't think they are going to change the order of things. Once it gets funded as @AlistarWills said it will be built. I think last event I went to, they said it was a 1.5 billion capital improvement drive they were in the middle of.
It is kind of a tricky situation. On the one hand we would love construction costs to go down, on the other hand we don't want what would need to happen for that to happen.The cost of a new arena isn't going to go down, just upwards...
Heard him say publicly that we "obviously" need a new gym, but that the immediate challenge is filling Coleman every night.
Goodness! I think I would just pay Coach Oats a couple of million more and put off building the new building. I'm glad I am not in charge of all these improvements across the campus.
